Heroes Are Hard to Find

Heroes Are Hard to Find
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released 13 September 1974
Recorded July 1974
Studio Angel City Sound, Los Angeles
Genre Rock
Length 39:26
Label Reprise
Producer Fleetwood Mac, Bob Hughes
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Mystery to Me
(1973)Mystery to Me1973		 Heroes Are Hard to Find
(1974)		 Fleetwood Mac
(1975)Fleetwood Mac1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone(positive) [2]
Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

Heroes Are Hard to Find is the ninth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 September 1974. This is the last album with Bob Welch, who left at the end of 1974, and was replaced by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album properly recorded in the US as well as the first to enter the Billboard top 40 albums chart. The title track was edited and issued as a single but it failed to chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heroes Are Hard to Find"Christine McVie3:35
2."Coming Home"Bob Welch3:55
3."Angel"Welch3:55
4."Bermuda Triangle"Welch4:08
5."Come a Little Bit Closer"C. McVie4:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's Changing Me"Welch2:58
2."Bad Loser"C. McVie3:25
3."Silver Heels"Welch3:26
4."Prove Your Love"C. McVie3:57
5."Born Enchanter"Welch2:54
6."Safe Harbour"Welch2:32

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac
Additional musician
Production

Charts

Without a successful single to support the album, it still managed to peak at number 34 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, which at the time was the highest Billboard placing for any Fleetwood Mac album. The album also peaked at number 5 on the Billboard FM Action chart.[4]

The album achieved moderate success in Canada, peaking at #46 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top 200 34
Canadian Albums Chart 46

References

  1. ↑ Heroes Are Hard to Find at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Barnes, Ken (October 24, 1974). "Fleetwood Mac Heroes Are Hard to Find > Album Review". Rolling Stone (172). Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Fleetwood Mac". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 302–304. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Portions posted at "Fleetwood Mac > Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1974-09-28). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
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